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MetLife India insurance company managing director Rajesh Relan is a gaming addict. Not surprisingly, besides the regular gizmos, his tool kit boasts of a PlayStation and a Nintendo GameCube. When travelling by air, a Bose noise cancellation headphone comes in handy. On long haul flights, Mr Relan also uses an in-flight adapter iGo. "I use the power charger during long haul flights as after 14-15 hours on flight, battery of most gadgets dies out," he says.

LONDON: Band Aid charity single Do They Know It's Christmas?, a re-recording by top British artists of the 1984 hit that raised millions for African famine relief, soared straight to No 1 on the UK pop charts Sunday. The Bob Geldof-inspired song, which features a who's who of UK recording stars including Paul McCartney, U2's Bono and Coldplay's Chris Martin, has been tipped as the favourite to claim the coveted Christmas No 1 spot. Early estimates indicated the single sold about 300,000 copies over its first week on release — shy of the 750,000 the 1984 original sold over its first week.

PATNA: RJD president Lalu Prasad today expressed happiness over the secular alliance winning six out of the 10 seats for which by-election were held in Bihar and said the alliance would continue in future too. Bihar RJD President Ramchandra Purbey communicated Prasad's reaction over bypoll results to reporters here as the RJD supremo is undergoing treatment at a Mumbai hospital. "Alliance will continue in the coming Assembly polls," Purbey said quoting Prasad. Out of 10 seats that went to bypoll, BJP won 4, RJD 3, JD(U)

LOS ANGELES: Universal Music Group and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said they have agreed to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit over a portable music player sold by the broadcaster that enables users to make digital copies of music. The deal calls for XM to pay Universal Music a fee for every device sold with the ability to make digital copies of individual tracks, a person familiar with the agreement said on condition of anonymity, citing the confidential nature of the matter.

Yesterday , all their troubles seemed so far away; now that it looks as though they're here to stay... the Vatican has discovered it believes in the Beatles. John Lennon imagined there's no heaven, but if his spirit is indeed around in the ether-after if not the ever-after , it will surely be squirming at the Catholic Church's suo motu forgiveness of their excesses in the L'Osservatore Romano. The Vatican's official newspaper observed last week that the Beatles "took drugs, lived life to excess.

WASHINGTON: As part of its "rebalance" in the Asia Pacific region, the US is all set to deploy additional military resources, including more aircraft careers and fighter jets, a top Pentagon official has said. "Our rebalance means that a higher proportion of our assets will be in the region," the Deputy Defence Secretary, Ashton B Carter , said in a speech in Jakarta yesterday, a copy of which was made available here. Carter said that 60 per cent of US naval assets will be assigned to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020, which he said is a substantial and historical shift.

In the ever-evolving mobile phone industry, cool design has always played a big role in grabbing eyeballs and driving sales. In the latest race to introduce phones that users clamor for, LG Electronics and design house Prada have jointly developed a sleek device sporting a big touch screen that does away with the keypad?much like Apple's innovative iPhone. Here's a look at some of the head-turning fashion phones that leading handset makers have rolled out. BusinessWeek Talking in Style This simple but elegantly designed phone was jointly developed by Bang & Olufsen and Samsung Electronics.

NEW DELHI: FMCG firm Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) today said it will acquire 60 per cent stake in Chilean hair colour firm Cosmetica Nacional for an undisclosed amount. The company said the acquisition is part of its strategy to strengthen its presence in the hair colour market in Latin American countries and further improve its penetration of its products in the region. "Cosmetica Nacional is a natural addition to our earlier acquisitions - Argencos and Issue Group - in Latin America.

By: Suzy Bashford Although sponsorship is the second fastest-growing marketing channel after the internet, many brands still cut deals on gut instinct about what will work, or on the basis of which team or hobby is the favourite of one of the directors. In a bid to get clients to think more carefully and strategically about sponsorships and brand fit, a group of WPP agencies has undertaken a major piece of research looking at the spectrum of sponsorship opportunities from sport to the arts.